Chapter 13
For the longest time no one dared to speak or move and then Loki gave a huff.
"I think my people are all idiots if they fear an old boar like him." He sniffed in distaste.
Thor blinked and then he began laughing because Loki has told him how as a child his tutors would terrorize his brothers with stories of Odin to make them behave, unfortunately Loki was also caught in those punishments because his brothers loved to tote him around with them everywhere. Frigga snorted a laugh as well and soon everyone was laughing.
"Oh that was a good one..." Sif snickered, grinning brightly as she looked to Frandral who was patting Hogun's back with a howling laugh.
Hogun just chuckled quietly as Voltstagg gave a soft laugh of his own, not nearly as amused as Fradral.
"Oh he is rich!" Sif grinned. "Now then if we have nothing else to worry about, Loki come tell me more of this Lady Darcy."
"Oh, why so interested in she?" Frandral queried.
"That is my business and mine alone." Sif sneered at him. "Besides I want to also know more about the strange devices she gifted to Thor and Loki."
Thor chuckled as he pulled out his phone, clad in the green and gold case. Frandral snatched it from him, amazed by it and curious as well, passing it to the others as well. Jalan, after flying off after Odin and his men to make sure they had truly left their lands, took it from Hogun and looked it over, sniffing it and frowning at the casing.
"It is a rock, useless and cheap." She stated.
"Actually, Lady Jalan. It is not." Loki said, pulling his own phone from his side pouch and tapped on the surface twice to wake it up. They didn't worry about finding an outlet to charge it since all Loki and Thor had to do was hold the devices near Mjolnir's crown and the hammer sent small jolts into them to instantly recharge the batteries.
Sif squeaked in excitement as she watched Loki swipe his thumb in a seemingly random pattern on the bubble to unlock his phone. Thor had typed in a number lock to open his and he happily showed Frandral and Voltsagg, Jalan hovering over his shoulder as well, what he figured out about the device and even the numerous texts Darcy sent to both him and Loki on how to use the phones and set it up.
"You can speak instantly with them and not be near one another?! Amazing..." Sif gasped.
Loki nodded his head and chuckled when Sif and several others all jumped when the phone in his hand began to ring loudly. He swiped his thumb on the accept call button and brought it up to his hear.
"Hello?" He spoke and could hear Jane's frantic voice practically screaming down the line. "Lady Jane- what do you mean your friend has been kidnapped? What!? What do you mean that- JANE!"
Everyone startled at Loki's sudden bellow, but it seemed to have the desired affect on the person on the other end of the phone.
"Now please calmly explain to me what you meant by Dr. Selvig going missing and that Son of Coul and his people had the Tesseract in their hands before it was stolen?"
Frigga looked shocked as Loki listened intently, his green eyes catching with Thor's the man using the swipe feature to send rapid texts to Darcy to get her understanding on what was happening. He kept his phone one the lowest volume seeing as he could hear it fine no matter if he was sleeping or not. Loki hadn't changed his volume setting seeing as he mostly texted Darcy and nothing else on the device.
"I understand, Lady Jane... However if the Son of Coul truly wishes to speak with Thor and I, we will let you know when to meet up with us, but we cannot come right away. Do not worry or misunderstand, we will help you rescue your friend, but I need to speak with someone who knows more about the Tesseract than I do. Thor or I will contact you soon... Please go calm yourself and if you must, go beat a few of Coul's men." Loki suggested and after a few moments of Jane rambling and agreeing, he hung up.
"Loki?"
"None of this is pure coincidental... Having a mother like mine, you learn there is no such thing as coincidence. Every random happening, hiccups or unexpected event in our lives are all planned for, arranged by Chaos and Death, the two oldest Dieties, to keep life flowing forward, to keep the realms and beyond all in balance." Loki mused aloud, eyes darting about left and right, following something only his eyes could see.
As he stood there, his phone in his left hand, his right played with the bracelet his mother gave him, his finger running over the blue gem as he thought of the Tesseract.
"As an Agent of Chaos, mother is not an ordinary mortal... the fact she survived on Jotunheim for so many years attests to her strength and power... She bore me, too large for a mortal but too small for a Jotun babe..." He hummed. "She's told me stories, many stories, the Six Infinity Stones were given to her ancestors throughout history and each one has hidden the stone presented to them somewhere meant to be left undiscovered and forgotten with their deaths... She would always tell me, 'Hidden in the earth and in the furthest reaches of space are the Six, but our ancestors are no fools. For there is no better hiding spot than in plain view.' But that's the one thing I never understood. If the stones are hidden in plain view... Where are they?"
"You are the son of Chaos's Advocate, I'm sure you will know in time." Frigga smiled at him, petting his hair. "So if the real Infinity Stones are hidden in plain view, then what are the ones hidden?"
"Fakes, powerful fakes, but fakes never the less. They could generate an unlimited amount of power if used properly, but those who get their hands on them seldom practice self restraint." Loki snorted. "They would burn out the fakes and thankfully nothing dangerous will happen, but that just means that they would continue to hunt for the stones and since my mother is gone, they would come for me and I know nothing..."
"Loki..." Thor grabbed his face in his hands, pressing their foreheads together so his icy blue eyes bore into icy emerald greens of Loki. "You know more than you are aware of. Do not stress yourself out... You will figure it out, like mother says, it is only a matter of time."
"Time is not something we have the luxury of, Thor... Jane said something worrying... the ones who kidnapped Dr. Selvig... a fellow human and two strange insect creatures." Loki shivered, his gaze unfocused and then snapped back to look into Thor's calm eyes. "I think I know what they are and if I'm correct, the whole of Midgard is in danger. And if Midgard falls, then the other Realms will follow... Thor my people cannot and will not survive another war."
"Then... we shall go speak with the Son of Coul and offer our services..."
"We are going with you!" The Warriors and Sif shouted, stepping forward. "We will not let yo two take all the glory and who knows we might find out a clue to has happened to your family!"
Loki looked somewhere between protesting and wanting to hug them. He settled for calling them fools and the all grinned happily at him, claiming that they were his fools!
"Loki..." Frigga smiled softly as she kissed his temple. "You and Thor will figure everything out, you will always have one another. You are not alone, you do not face this trail by fire without aid. Jalan and I will keep things safe here and I think it is time we all begin actively looking for the scattered remains of the Jotun people, they are welcomed within our Clutch!"
"Hmm, they do have very lovely gems... perhaps they will give me some?" Jalan mused, looking hungry.
"If and when this is all over, whatever is happening on Midgard and with the Dark Elves, I will personally bring you into the Vaults of my peoples treasures and you may take a plump boar's weight of our treasures." Loki promised her.
She grinned brightly, boars were her favorite meals and they were often heavy creatures and to have one's weight in treasure!?
"If not for my mating to my Golden Mate and my darling child's possessiveness of you, I'd keep you to myself, you precious little pearl!" She cooed, hugging him tightly, ignoring Thor's growl of displeasure.
"You mentioned speaking to someone... who was it?" Thor asked.
"The Gate Keeper of the BiFrost..." Loki stated. "And since Odin now knows we are here and does not seem to give two figs and goose that Thor is here, it is safe for us to travel to the Golden City."
"Yes, this is true..." Frigga nodded, pulling Jalan off of Loki by her hair. "Do be careful regardless of the matter."
"Of course... This is a trip I wish to make alone if you do not mind." Loki stated, a subtle order in his tone that Thor dared not disobey even if he was displeased.
"I will wait for you on the beach." Thor promised him.
Loki nodded and with that everyone broke up and went about their business once more...
Riding down the BiFrost was amazing and a bit disconcerting. The rushing water of the ocean/lake that surrounded the whole of Asgard and led off into a drop into the void of space. Loki was not worried of drowning, he was a good swimmer, but the pull of the water was much more powerful than any being could handle and if was caught in the current that led to the drop? He did not wish to think of that, but then again he only had to worry if he fell from the bridge.
As the hub got closer, Loki felt his heart racing in his chest, his hands sweating and his stomach swarming with an angry army of moths! Heimdall was his godfather and this was the first time he would ever be meeting the man. His mother told him he was a tall man, broad and dressed in gold. He stands guard always, never sleeping never taking more than but a handful of minutes to eat a simple and quick meal and to take of his other needs. His father had high respect and fear of the man, many of the warriors spoke Heimdall's name with reverence, much like the AllMother. His horse stopped outside of the Hub and standing at the top of the stairs was a man in gold a large sword held I his firm hands, its tip aimed down to the floor, the light of the sun casting a rainbow glare over the silver blade. The man himself was dark skinned, a nice healthy deep earth tone, his hair was black, his eyes as gold as sunlight and he stared unblinkingly.
"Welcome, Treasure of Jotunheim, Flower of the Frost Giants, Son of Laufey, Heir of the Lady Rhyg." The man greeted, his voice low and rumbling, but warm and kind. "My godson, come let me see you."
Loki dismounted and slowly walked up the steps and when he stood on the last step, he realized he was almost the same height as Heimdall, his goatee was clean and trim. His lips were large for a man, but not obscenely so, in fact they would look wonderful smiling, if the man ever smiled that is.
"I do smile... but only on occasion."
"Mind reader." Loki chuckled, amused.
"A wonderful gift from my mothers. However I often wish to mute it. Same as my farseeing gaze." Heimdall smiled, small and kind. "You look so much like your mother... I sensed her power vanish and have searched for her, but your godmother, Seren, has assured me we have little worry about."
"What do you mean?" Loki asked, confused. "Auntie?"
"Yes, my wife..." He chuckled, a nice rich sound. "As Advocates of the Creators, they are given a unique gift that often causes them more trouble than it is worth. I do know what it is exactly but from what she has told me, Chaos and Death never pace the titles of Advocates, Agents, Messengers over until the current Agents have completed their task."
"So... it is possible... even if the slimmest of chances, that mother's... she's alive?" Loki gasped, tears welling into his eyes.
"The slimmest, Loki, the slimmest, but I rather give you this bit of hope than continue to see you sink into further depression." Heimdall, nodded his head. "I cannot say for certain for I am not an Advocate. And Seren is away on another mission for her God and will not be able to tell you. However if it turns out that Rhyg is truly gone, you can expect to have her title passed to you. You are more like her than you think."
"I'm sure. Father and my brothers?"
"Alive. In hiding. I've lost sight of your father, but I know he is alive for your mother saved him before she vanished. Your eldest brother is with the Fire Demons... I think you will soon be called Uncle Loki... or Aunt Loki, depending on how you wish to be addressed." Heimdall smirked knowingly, his golden gaze moving the tiniest bit to a point of Loki's shoulder. "Your second eldest brother has gathered your people to rebuild Ymir's Keep, they are preparing for war for they want all of you back safe and sound."
"Oh thank the Norns..." Loki sobbed with relief, but then he paused. "What!?"
"Helblindi seems to have fallen for the young Fire King, Lucian..." Heimdall mused. "He's slowly rounding with child with each day, he's worried and panicked, but he seems happy, he tells his belly of you and your other brother, of your parents and the many things he wishes to show to the child."
"Brother is with child!?" He smiled brightly and couldn't help jumping and clapping his hands before he stopped, coughed into his fist, ignoring the blush on his cheeks. "Then I had best find the Dark Elves plans and put an end to them. I want my nephew to live in a world of peace!"
Heimdall nodded, turning to walk into the hub, "Come, Loki, we have much to discuss..."
Meanwhile on Earth, Jane stared at her phone for the longest time, almost willing it to ring, but then she sighed, set it down and sat down in the chair waiting for her.
"Loki says he needed to talk to someone before he called me back..." She said finally.
"And you believe him?" Coulson asked.
"Yes." She glared at him. "He and Thor have been nothing but kind to us during their brief stay. I see no reason to think he's lying to me. And if you don't believe me, ask Darcy. She texts them almost every 15 minutes."
Said young woman looked up, "Huh? Sorry did you say something?"
"What are you doing?" Coulson asked, watching her go back to furiously typing on her phone.
"Chatting with Thor... He's grumpy because Loki had to go do something alone and its been barely an hour since his dickbag of a father came to demand shit from his mom. Looks like our legends aren't as true as we think... apparently Frigga doesn't put up with Odin's shit, in fact she left him and his lying cheating ass." She blabbed easily enough, still texting away. "Ah, he says that they will be leaving in three days their time... Don't know how long that is here, but expect something magical or anti-climatic to happen within the next few days."
"... She's serious right?" Coulson asked Jane, who nodded.
"Very."
He sighed as he grabbed a file and began to read and write in it. Moments later the door to the interrogation room opened and in stepped Director Fury.
"Coulson."
"Director." He nodded his head, closing the file and handing it to him. "She's spoken to Loki and they agreed to meet with us, however they will not be here for a few days their time, whatever that means."
"Oh and Thor gets cranky from time to time, so like... avoid making him mad." Darcy chirped, Jane paling at the mention of Thor being 'cranky.'
"We will do our best. Now then, I'd like to introduce you to a few people who will be in charge of locating and rescuing Dr. Selvig..." Fury waved his hand to the group that entered the room just then. "This is Agent Barton, Capt. Rogers, Mr. Stark and Dr. Banner. Agent Romanov is busy with a mission, but she is also on this team."
"Cool.. so like is this like the Justice League?" Darcy wondered, referring to a comic series she's currently reading.
"In short? Yes, but unlike your comic book, Ms. Lewis, this is real life and in real life the consequences are dire." Coulson confirmed.
"I know that, Coulson. I just want to make sure that I understand what this is so I can tell Thor and Loki... Oh, Thor is asking if you will be provide poptarts?" She chuckled as she swiped a reply back to him, only to get an emoji in return. "So yeah, I kinda got the big guy hooked on poptarts, he's fine eating anything and everything, but he seems to think of them as food of the Gods."
Jane chuckled, recalling the man eating an entire box on his own and still being hungry, Loki had tried them, liked a few of the flavors, but overall didn't care for them, but the second she mentioned pudding? She could only compare his reaction to a cokehead getting their fix after so damn long.
"Might wanna stock up on both the poptarts and pudding then. Something tells me that Loki has a thing for pudding and will not hesitate to remove body parts to get to it." Jane mused.
"I'm both curious and a bit disturbed by this..." Tony laughed, typing on his phone to Jarvis to please stock up on the two treats for their newest guests/teammates.
"For now we will wait for Loki and Thor to contact us." Fury told them, "Stark."
"I got rooms for everyone and converted few floors into a mini SHIELD HQ. I've also had your belongings gathered and moved into your rooms, ladies... I hope you do not mind that." Tony shrugged. "Jarvis."
"Yes, sir?" The elegant voice of the AI spoke up.
"Please make sure our friends are all comfy and send those papers Pep wanted me to go over to her. I signed the ones I approve of, left some notations on the ones I don't like. Oh and make sure that Capsicle's partner in crime doesn't smash his way into the building again..."
"Yes sir." Jarvis said before Tony left for his lab, the others offering to take the girls to their rooms and to get settled in. Steve blushing as Tony's snarky comment...
A week or two had passed when suddenly Darcy's phone started playing a choir and rock band mash up of Ride of the Valkyries. She jumped up from her bed to grab it and smiled.
"Darcy speaking!" She chirped.
"Hello Lady Darcy, Loki and I will be arriving at your location shortly, could you please stand outside somewhere, we'll be taking a different route to you." Thor's voice came through, sounding like an excited puppy or a child on a sugar rush.
"Uhh, sure... just outside in general or somewhere specific?"
"The balcony will do..." Loki's voice chimed in.
She quickly got on a pair of shoes and rushed passed Natasha, who was just stepping from the shower, dodged around Bruce, who was kinda sprawled out from taking his first hit of weed for the day. It seemed to keep him mellow, still able to access Hulk, but he was lest likely to flip his lid, or so Coulson said. She hurtled over the sofa and Barton and nearly crashed into Tony, but thankfully slid to a stop on the landing deck outside and looked around.
"I'm outside... where-"
She gasped as the clear day suddenly became stormy and cloudy as the clouds formed a funnel of some kind and it began to lazily descend down toward the balcony. It reminded her of a cat stretching out it's front paws. Behind her the others came out and stared in wonder and awe as the clouds finally touched down on the deck and barely a second later, they vanished like a bolt of lightning into the heavens, making the day once again clear and beautiful. To most, nothing abnormal had happened, to those sensitive to the paranormal and supernatural, it was possible they witnessed the strange phenomenon or sensed it. But for those in Stark Tower, they saw it happening and yet had trouble grasping what it is that they just saw.
"Hello again, Lady Darcy." Thor greeted brightly and the brunette snapped out of her daze, running to hug him.
"Yo! That was wicked awesome! What the heck was that!?" She greeted and began pestering.
"The BiFrost." Loki answered, receiving his own enthusiastic hug from her. "We are now permitted to use it, however we will not use it often, it draws too much attention."
"Awesome... oh? You brought friends?" Darcy blinked and looked at the group behind them.
"Allow me to introduce my friends and brothers in arms and my half sister..." Thor waved them forward and smirked as the others looked down at the Midgardian woman. "Frandral the Dashing, Hogun the Grim and Voltstagg the Vast..."
The three men bowed in kind to their names, Darcy bowing her head back and smiling at them before turning to the woman.
"And this is Sif, she is one of the 12 Valkyries, she is the second in command to my eldest sister Skuld." Thor gestured to the female warrior, who stepped up to Darcy and smiled almost as flirtatiously as Frandral when he attempts to woo a blushing maid into his bed for the evening. "She seems to fancy you..."
"Silence, little brother." Sif snapped calmly, never once looking away from Darcy. "The tales they told us hardly do you justice, Lady Darcy."
"That is enough." Loki calmly grabbed Sif's ear and pulled her away from Darcy. "While we are here, you will not flirt your way into anyone's bed... I will lock you in magicked ice chastity belts. And believe me they are not comfortable in the least."
Thor grinned as the others all paled.
"Ah, Loki so mean..." Darcy teased before linking arms with him and pulling him inside. "So let me tell you all that's been going on..."
Thor chuckled as he followed after them, his sister and their friends behind him, all amazed by the strangeness of Midgard and the Midgardians themselves. Jane walked to Thor's side, gave him a smile and then began the second half of the introductions.
"These are the Avengers, some of the best our country has to offer. Agents Romanov and Barton." She waved to the red haired woman with stunning green eyes, she was petite with a luscious figure, she looked them all over with a calculating stare, similar to a serpent about to strike and devour its prey. She hummed when she deemed them worthy or acceptable, they weren't too sure.
"We meet again and I see you do speak English..." Barton mused, smirking at Thor. "No hard feelings about knocking out, big guy?"
"You were doing your job." Thor nodded, his smile just a touch unhinged, "However if you do not wish to lose your fingers, never do so again."
Sif shifted away from Thor, the air around him was simultaneously burning hot and freezing cold. The Warriors Three stepped back as well, wary of Thor's mood and casting searching looks around for Loki. The action was not lost on the others, making them wonder what was going on. Darcy and Jane had only said that Thor was prone to getting cranky, but crankiness did not install fear, did it?
Clint cleared his throat and offered his hand in a friendly shake, "Seeing as we will be working together in the near future, I do not think it will be necessary to knock you out again, unless I'm ordered to do so. And even then, I will make sure to have Loki's permission."
Thor glared at him, taking his hand in a firm grip, just this side of rudely tight and painful. Letting go, he nodded his head and shifted his eyes to the others.
"Capt. Steve Rogers and Mr. Anthony Stark." Jane waved to the the tall blonde and the shorter brunette.
"Huh, you're not what I'd expect the God of Thunder to look like..." Tony mused, looking at the youthful and handsome face to the images of old Norse depictions of the god. "And please call me Tony."
"Lord Stark." Thor nodded his head, smirking in a way that said he did it on purpose to annoy the man.
"Tony, there is only One God." Steve sighed, like it was an age old argument.
"If that is true, then how do you explain what we just saw a few minutes ago and not to mention did you notice none of these people are humanly possible!" Tony argued, gesturing to the Five Aesir warriors and then pointing in the random direction in which Loki vanished too. "And what about Loki!? He's not human either!"
"They could have been made like I was." Steve pointed out.
"We were born, not made." Thor assured him. "You seem to be the leader of this group, but you do not seem to to have their fealty."
"We were just brought together, none of us have worked together before or rather most of us..." Steve sighed.
"Hmm, and this is?" Thor looked to the mousy man, standing shyly to the back.
"Dr. Bruce Banner... He's another one that gets... Cranky." Jane made a vague hand gesture and Banner flinched at that.
"Him?" Frandral hummed. "This would be very interesting to see..."
"He's not as shy as he looks." Voltstagg nodded sagely.
Sif scoffed and scolded the warriors for adding their two cents where it wasn't wanted before she turned to the doctor and smiled at him.
"I'm sure that you are a capable warrior and seeing as you are a doctor, you are proficient in the art of healing?" She wondered.
"I know some... but my studies are more to harnessing energy and turning it into a weapon..." He admitted. "I guess the closest thing I could compare it to your world is a blacksmith of magic..."
Sif looked impressed as did the others.
"We should let him talk with Loki... it'd be interesting to see them create something." Frandral suggested.
Thor chuckled, he could imagine the chaos Loki would unleash with the help of Banner and Stark. Thor suddenly growled low and glared at Coulson, who looked back blankly before leading a man up to him.
"Good to see you again."
"You attempted to touch my Civip Kethend... I should kill you for that."
"Thor!" Loki's sharp tone cracked like a whip making the Aesir jump in their place and turned to him as he and Darcy came back up to them. "Be calm, they wish to be allies, that means they are friends of the Clutch we do not harm our Clutch nor our friends..."
"I do not like him."
"Nor I." Loki nodded in agreement. "However that does not mean we act like spoilt children. Now then go talk to Darcy, she has told me everything and I can handle Son of Coul. And I'm quite sure he does not wish to wake up with one of my serpents in his bed..."
Everyone stared at the black haired man who did not look at all bothered that he just threatened to leave a snake in someone's bed. And by the sounds of it, it wasn't a harmless garden snake either. Thor smiled, pleased and wandered over to Darcy who instantly began chattering as Loki turned to Coulson and Fury.
"Hmm, I will play nice with you as long as you do the same for us. Hurt Thor and I will kill you, hurt me, he will destroy everything. Is that in anyway unclear?" Loki asked them.
"No." Fury assured. "If you will come with me..."
Loki nodded and made a gesture with his hand, the other spreading out to get to know the humans as Loki headed off with Fury and Coulson, waving another hand, casting a spell that allowed Thor and the other four warriors to hear what all was to be said. Thor merely glanced at him, his eyes brightening a moment before turning back to Darcy as she rambled...
"This is an image that we were able to recover from our base of the scepter that Baron Von Strucker used to kidnap Dr. Selvig." Fury said as soon as the door closed behind them, and image appearing before them of a medium length staff made of golden that was tipped with golden spike like claws and clutched in the claws as a blue gem of sorts.
"They took with them the Tesseract." Coulson spoke up, an image of a cube about the size of a desert bowl appeared as well.
Loki rubbed his bracelet, looking at the images, his finger grazing over the gems, rubbing more on the blue one. His mind worked at a rapid pace, memories and stories he's heard racing about. Finally something stuck out.
"The Scepter... It's from a realm beyond the Nine, within its own right it is a powerful item, but compared to the Tesseract, it is like a tiny newborn pup challenging a fully grown Frost Beast. If we get the Scepter, I will be able to undo whatever spells this Von Strucker has used on the Doctor and any other hostages he may have taken as well. He nor any human is sufficiently trained in the art of combining magic and science together and could result in disastrous outcomes."
"And the Tesseract?"
"That is something that you will not like. My mother hide it for a reason to keep it out of the hands of those who would use it for selfish gain, but it seems you were able to find it and were using it-"
"To improve the lives of our people. We were trying to make self replenishing clean energy to improve housing, offices, federal and government buildings, hospitals, orphanages... if we can replace electricity as our main power source all lives will infinitely improve." Fury told him. "Better power means more time to find newer cures for illnesses and diseases that have plagued mankind since ancient times."
Loki stared him down before nodding his head, seemingly agreeing with him or approving, but never try to out lie a liar.
"Regardless, as it was my mother's duty to hide and protect the Tesseract, it falls to me to get it back, hide it once more and protect it." Loki finished. "It was never meant to be found, but it seems you found a way."
"But-"Coulson began.
"No." Loki cut in. "My mother was killed for information about its location and possibly the location of other powerful relics. These are items that are too powerful and dangerous to be used by anyone but the ones who created them. Thor and I will help you recover the Tesseract, but then I must hide it, somewhere no mortal or immortal can find it again."
"I'm sorry but I cannot allow that to happen, Loki. How do I know you won't use it for yourself?" Fury demanded, calm and cool, collected.
"I was power with vast amounts of magic, trained by the best tutors available to me. I'm a Prince. What could that cursed cube do for me? Bring my mother back? No... There are some magics that should never be messed with and Necromancy is one of them. It drives the caster insane and ultimately steals their soul and sanity as well as their life in the end." Loki sneered, turning to leave the room but he stopped at the door and glanced over his shoulder. "Oh and by the way... I do what I want."
With that said, Loki sashayed out of the room, tall and elegant, but confident and deadly...